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RPS INTERNATIONAL
HOLIDAY HOME WORK
CLASS - XII
ENGLISH
THE LAST LESSON
SHORT ANSWER TYPES…
Q.1 What changes came over little Franz after he heard M Hamel’s
announcement?
Q.2 What did M.Hamel tell his students about French language?
What did he ask them to do and why?
Q.3 “What a thunder clap these words were to me!”Which were the
words that and surprised little Franz?
Q.4 What was the order from Berlin?
Q.5 What was tempting Franz to keep away from school on the day
of the last lesson?
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q.6 What do you mean by linguistic chauvinism? How did the
chapter “The Last Lesson” reflected the spirit of linguistic
chauvinism?
Q.7 How was the last lesson different from the usual lessons
taught on other days? Describe the last lesson.
LOST SPRING
SHORT ANSWER TYPES…
Q.8 Justify the title of the lesson “Lost Spring”.
Q.9 “Food is more important for survival than an identity for
the ragpickers” says the author. Do you agree? Why?
Q.10 What could be some of the reasons for the migration of
people from villages?
Q.11 “ Garbage to them is gold” Why does the author say so about
the ragpickers?
Q.12 Why cannot the bangle makers of Firozabad organize into a
cooperative?
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q.13 “ The bangle makers in Firozabad make beautiful bangles to
make everyone happy but they live and die in squalor. Justify…
Q.14 Describe the life as lived by the rag pickers of Seemapuri.
Why is Seemapuri a place on the periphery of Delhi is considered
yet miles away from it?
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THE TIGER KING
SHORT ANSWER TYPES…
Q.15 How did the Tiger King acquire his name?
16 Why do you think was the Maharaja in danger of losing his
throne?
17 What led the Maharaja to start out on a tiger hunt?
18 Why did the Dewan decide to put the tiger in the jungle which
was brought and kept hidden in his house?
19 We need a new system for the age of ecology …………..a system
which is embedded in the care of all people in the Earth and all
life upon it. Discuss.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q.20 Do you find a message in the story ‘The Tiger King?
Discuss.
Q.21 How did the Tiger King meet his end? What is ironical about
his fate?
MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX
SHORT ANSWER TYPES…
Q.22 What images does the mother’s face bring to the mind of the
poet? What is her reaction to it?
Q.23 Analyze the emotional turmoil that Kamala Das goes through
in the poem “My Mother at Sixty Six.”
Q.24 What do the parting words of Kamala Das to her mother
signify?
Q.25 Why did the poet look out through the window of the car and
avoided looking at the her mother’s face?
Q.26 What is the message in the poem “My Mother at Sixty
Six”?
EXTRACTS…
Q.27 ……………………..soon….put that thought away, and looked out at
Young Trees sprinting the merry children spilling out of their
homes.”
A. Who looked out at the young trees? B. Which thought did she
put away? C. What do young sprinting trees signify? D. What picture
is drawn as a contrast to these trees?
Q.28 “I looked again at her, wane, pale as a late winter’s moon
and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood fear…”
A. What do ‘I’ and ‘her’ refer to? How does her face appear?
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B. Where are they both going? How do they travel?
C. What does the ‘familiar ache’ refer to?
D. Name the poetic device used by the poet and explain it in
your own words.
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM IN A SLUM
SHORT ANSWER TYPES…
Q.29 What theme does the poet explore in the poem “An Elementary
School Class Room in A Slum”?
Q.30 Why does the poet call Shakespeare wicked and the map a bad
example?
Q.31 ‘So blot their maps with slums as big as doom’ says
Splender. What does the poet want to convey?
Q.32 What does the poet want for the children of the slums? How
can their lives be changed?
Q.33 How does the poet describe the classroom walls? What do
they symbolize/
EXTRACTS
Q.34 ……………………….On their slag heap , these children….wear skins
peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel…….With mended
glass, like bottle bits on stones. All of their time and space are
foggy slum. So blot their maps with slums as big as doom…”
A. Which two images are used to describe the slum?
B. What sort of life do these children lead?
C. What idea does the poet convey through the expression “wear
skins peeped through by bones”?
D. What change does he expect for these children?
Q.35 “Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces…Like root
less weeds, the hair torn round their pallor: the tall girl with
her weighed down head. The paper seeming boy with rat’s eyes.”
A. Where do you think are these children sitting? Describe their
faces and hair?
B. Why is the head of the tall girl weighed down?
C. What do you understand by “The paper seeming boy , with rat’s
eyes’?
D. What do these image tell us about the poem?
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Q.1 Conduct Barrow motor fitness test on 3 members of your
family .
Q.2 Draw the diagram of vollyball count and explain its
personalities .
Q.3 Measure the agility of your father /mother with the help of
8 foot up and go test.
Q.4 Explain about those asanas which cure diabetes
PAINTING
Q.1 Make a poster on any theme on a half chart paper.
Q.2 Make a miniature collage on half chart paper.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Q.1 Define Macro with suitable example. 1. Explain in brief the
purpose of function prototype with the help of a suitable
example. 2. What is the difference between Global Variable and
Local Variable? 3. What is the difference between Object Oriented
Programming and Procedural Programming?4. What is the difference
between Global Variable and Local Variable? Also,
give a suitable C++ code to illustrate both. 5. Differentiate
between ordinary function and member functions in
++.Explain with an example. 6. What is the difference between
call by reference and call by value with
respect to memory allocation? Give a suitable example to
illustrate using C++ code.
7. What is the difference between actual and formal parameter ?
Give a suitable example to illustrate using a C++ code.
8. Differentiate between a Logical Error and Syntax Error. Also
give suitable examples of each in C++.
9. Find the correct identifiers out of the following, which can
be used for naming variable, constants or functions in a C++
program :
While, for, Float, new, 2ndName, A%B, Amount2, _Counter 10. Out
of the following, find those identifiers, which cannot be used
for
naming Variable, Constants or Functions in a C++ program :
_Cost, Price*Qty, float, Switch, Address One, Delete, Number12,
do
11. Find the correct identifiers out of the following, which can
be used for naming Variable, Constants or Functions in a C++
program :
For, while, INT, NeW, delete, 1stName, Add+Subtract, name1
12 Which C++ header file (s) will be included to run/execute the
following C++
code? void main( ) { int Last =26.5698742658; cout
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str[20],str[20]; gets(str); strcpy(str1,str); strrev(str);
puts(str); puts(str1); }
14 Write the names of the header files to which the following
belong: i) strcmp() (ii) fabs() iii) frexp() (iv) isalnum()
15 Find the output of the following program:
#include #include void Encrypt(char T[]) { for (int
i=0;T[i]!='\0';i+=2) if (T[i]=='A' || T[i]=='E') T[i]='#'; else if
(islower(T[i])) T[i]=toupper(T[i]); else T[i]='@'; } void main() {
char Text[]="SaVE EArtH"; //The two words in the string Text
//are separated by single space Encrypt(Text); cout
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else A[K]*= K; }
18. Find the output of the following program:
#include struct GAME { int Score, Bonus;}; void Play(GAME
&g, int N=10) { g.Score++;g.Bonus+=N; } void main()
{ GAME G={110,50}; Play(G,10);
cout
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#include #include void main() { int N,Guessnum; randomize();
cin>>N; Guessnum=random(N-10)+10; cout
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26. Write a function in C++ which accepts an integer array and
its size as arguments/parameters and reverses the array
example : if the array is 1,2,3,4,5 then rearrange the array as
5,4,3,2,1
27. Write a function in C++ which accepts an integer array and
its size as arguments/parameters and exchange the array in the
given manner
example : if the array is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 then rearrange
the array as 2,1,4,3,6,5,8,7,10,9
28. Write a function in C++ to merge the contents of two sorted
arrays A & B into third array C. Assuming array A is sorted in
ascending order, B is sorted in descending order, the resultant
array is required to be in ascending order.
29. Write a function in C++ which accepts an integer array and
its size as arguments
and assign the elements into a two dimensional array of integers
in the following format
If the array is 1,2,3,4,5,6 if the array is 1,2,3 The resultant
2D array is The resultant 2D array is 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5
0 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
30. Write a function in C++ that will accept a 2-D array and its
row and column size as argument and find sum of rows and
columns
31. Write a function in C++ to find the sum of both left and
right diagonal elements from a two dimensional array (matrix).
32. An array x[30][10] is stored in the memory with each element
requiring 4 bytes of storage. If the base address of x is 4500,
find out memory locations of x[12][8] if the content is stored
along the row.
33. An array P[20][30] is stored in the memory along the column
with each of the element occupying 4 bytes, find out the Base
Address of the array, if an element P[2][20] is stored at the
memory location 5000. 34. An array S[40][30] is stored in the
memory along the row with each of the
element occupying 2 bytes, find out the memory location for the
element S[20][10], if an element S[15][5] is stored at the memory
location 5500.
35.Write the equivalent Boolean Expression for the following
Logic Circuit
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MATHEMATICS
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CHEMISTRY
Q.1 What is limiting molar conductivity?
Q.2 How much Faraday is
Q.3 Predict the products of electrolysis of AgNO
Q.4 Calculate emf of the following cell
What is limiting molar conductivity?
araday is required to produce 40gm Al from Al2O3?
roducts of electrolysis of AgNO3 with Silver electrodes.
of the following cell :
with Silver electrodes.
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Cd/Cd2+ (0.10 M)//H+ (0.20 M)/H2(0.5 atm)/Pt
[Given E° for Cd2+ /Cd = -0.403 V]
Q.5 Calculate the standard free energy change for the following
reaction at 250o C,
Au(s) + Ca+2 Au+3 (1M) + Ca (s) .The electrode values are
Ca2+ /Ca = –2.87V,Au3+ / Au = +1.50V. Predict whether the
reaction will be spontaneous or not at 25o C.
Q.6 How do you account for conductivity of strong and weak
electrolyte with concentration ? Plot the graphs also.
Q.7 State Kohlrausch law . Calculate Limiting molar conductivity
of NaCl, HCl and NaAc are 126.4, 425.9 & 91 Scm2 mol-1 .
Calculate Limiting molar conductivity of HAc.
Q.8 The EMF of following reaction is 0.28V at 25º C.
Zn + 2H+ → Zn2+ + H2 (1 atm)
E°cell = 0.76 V Calculate pH of solution at hydrogen
electrode.
Q.9 Predict the products of electrolysis of Aq. H2SO4 solution
with platinum electrodes.
Q.10 A solution of CuSO4 is electrolyzed using a current of 1.5
amperes for 10 minutes.What mass of Cu is deposited at the cathode?
(Atomic mass of Cu=63.7)
Q.11 Sodium crystallises in a bcc unit cell. What is the
approximate number of unit cells in 4.6 g of sodium? Given that the
atomic mass of sodium is 23 g mol-1.
Q.12 In a crystalline solid anions ‘C’ are arranged in cubic
close packing, cations ‘A’ occupy 50% of tetrahedral voids and
cations ‘B’ occupy 50% of octahedral voids. What is the formula of
the solid?
Q.13 AgCl is doped with 10-2 mol% of CdCl2 , find the
concentration of cation vacancies.
Q.14 A metallic element has a body centered cubic lattice. Edge
length of unit cell is 2.88 × 10–8 cm. The density of the metal is
7.20 gcm-3 . Calculate
(a) The volume of unit cell.
(b) Mass of unit cell.
(c) Number of atoms in 100 g of metal.
Q.15 An element crystallises in a cubic close packed structure
having a f.c.c unit cell of an edge 200 pm. Calculate the density
if 200 g of this element contain 24 × 1023 atoms.
Q.16 A fcc unit cell containing atoms of element (molar mass
60.4 g mol-1 ) has cell edge 4 × 10-3 cm. Calculate the density of
unit cell.
Q.17 The well known mineral fluorite is chemically calcium
fluoride. It is known that in one unit cell of this mineral there
are 4 Ca2+ ions and 8F- ions and that Ca2+ ions are arranged
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in a fcc lattice. The F— ions fill all the tetrahedral holes in
the f.c.c lattice of Ca2+ ions. The edge of the unit cell is 5.46 ×
10-8 cm in length. The density of the solid is 3.18 g cm-3. Use
this information to calculate Avogadro’s number (Molar mass of CaF2
= 78.08 g mol
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Q.18 Magnetite, a magnetic oxide of iron used on recording
tapes, crystallises with iron atoms occupying 1/8 of the
tetrahedral holes and1/2 of the octahedral holes in a closed packed
array of oxides ions. What is the formula of magnetite?
Q.19 Write the relationship between atomic radius (r) and edge
length of cubic unit cell for
(a) Simple cubic unit cell
(b) Body-centred cubic unit cell
(c) Face-centred cubic unit cell
Q.20 What are the conditions for a compound to show (i) Schottky
defect (ii) Frenkel ?
Q.21 Give an example of ‘liquid in solid’ type solution.
Q.22 Which type of solid solution will result by mixing two
solid components with large difference in the sizes of their
molecules?
Q.23 What is meant by semimolar and decimolar solutions?
Q.24 What will be the mole fraction of water in C2H5OH solution
containing equal number of moles of water and C2H5OH ?
Q.25 Gases tend to be less soluble in liquids as the temperature
is raised. Why?
Q.26 N2 and O2 gases have KH values 76.48 kbar and 34.86 kbar
respectively at 293 K temperature. Which one of these will have
more solubility in water?
Q.27 Addition of Hg I2 to KI (aq.) shows decrease in vapour
pressure.Why?
Q.28 What is the maximum value of van’t Hoff factor (i) for
Na2SO4 .10H2O?
Q.29 Under what condition is van’t Hoff factor less than
one?
Q.30 Explain the following :
(a) Solubility of a solid in a liquid involves dynamic
equilibrium.
(b) Ionic compounds are soluble in water but are insoluble in
nonpolar solvents.
Q.31 Give two examples each of a solution :
(a) showing positive deviation from Raoult’s Law.
(b) showing negative deviation from Raoult’s Law
Q.32 Draw the total vapour pressure vs. mol fraction diagram for
a binary solution exhibiting non-ideal behaviour with negative
deviation.
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Q.33 1 gram each of two solutes ‘A’ and ‘B’ (molar mass of A
> molar mass of B) are dissolved separately in 100 g each of the
same solvent. Which solute will show greater elevation in boiling
point and Why ?
Q.34 If O2 is bubbled through water at 393 K, how many
millimoles of O2 gas would be dissolved in 1L of water? Assume that
O2 exerts a pressure of 0.95 bar. (Given KH for O2 = 46.82 bar at
393K).
Q.35 Account for the following :–
(a) CaCl2 is used to clear snow from roads in hill stations.
(b) Ethylene glycol is used as antifreeze solution in radiators
of vehicles in cold countries.
(c) The freezing point depression of 0.01 m NaCl is nearly twice
that of 0.01 m glucose solution.
Q.36 For a dilute solution containing 2.5 g of a non-volatile
non-electrolyte solute in 100 g of water, the elevation in boiling
point at 1 atm pressure is 2°C. Assuming concentration of solute is
much lower than the concentration of solvent, determine the vapour
pressure (mm of Hg) of the solution. [Given : Kb for water = 0.76
kg mol–1]
Q.37 15.0 g of an unknown molecular substance was dissolved in
450 g of water. The resulting solution was fund to freeze at
–0.34°C. What is the molar mass of this substance. (Kf for water =
1.86 K kg mol–1).
Q.38 Calculate the osmoic pressure in pascals exerted by a
solution prepared by dissolving 1.0g of polymer of molar mass
185000 in 450 mL of water at 37°C.
Q.39 How much urea (mol. mass 60 g mol–1) must be dissolved in
50g of water so that the vapour pressure at the room temperature is
reduced by 25%? Also calculate the molality of the solution
obtained.
Q.40 Calculate the amount of ice that will separate out on
cooling solution containing 50 g of ethylene glycol in 200 g H2O to
–9.3°C. (Kf for water = 1.86 K kg mol–1
Q.41 Three molecules of a solute (A) associate in benzene to
form species A3 . Calculate the freezing point of 0.25 molal
solution. The degree of association of solute A is found to be 0.8.
The freezing point of benzene is 5.5°C and its Kf value is 5.13
K/m.
Q.42 A 5% solution of sucrose (C12H22O11) is isotonic with
0.877% solution of urea. Calculate the molecular mass of urea.
Q.43 The maximum allowable level of nitrates in drinking water
is 45 mg nitrate ions/dm3. Express this level in ppm ?
Q.44 A bottle of commercial H2SO4 [density = 1.787 g/mL] is
labelled as 86% by mass.
(a) What is the molarity of the acid?
(b) What volume of the acid has to be used to make 1 litre 0.2 M
H2SO4 ?
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(c) What is the molality of the acid?
Q.45 Prepare a project report on the topic
Q.46 Prepare a chart of formulae of the chapter which is
assigned to you.
(c) What is the molality of the acid?
Prepare a project report on the topic assigned to you.
Prepare a chart of formulae of the chapter which is assigned to
you.
PHYSICS
Prepare a chart of formulae of the chapter which is assigned to
you.
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BIOLOGY
1. Prepare a project report on the effect of Cannabis on the
human body and cover the following points – (Start with an
abstract, write about Cannabiniods and cannabinoid receptors,
biochemical mechanisms in the brain, psychoactive effects, somatic
effects, neurological effects, longchronic psychosis, depressive
disorder, cancer etc.), give some case studies and conclude your
report)
2. Prepare a chart on common human diseases and cover the
followin(Infectious diseases type each type with symptoms,
causative agent and prevention)
3. With the help of a diagram explain the life cycle of
plasmodium.4. Prepare a chart on Immunity and5. A patient showed
symptoms of sustained high fever, stomach pain and constipation,
but no
blood clot in stools. Name the disease and its pathogen. Write
the diagnostic test for the disease. How does the disease get
tran
6. A patient showed symptoms of constipation, abdominal pain and
stools with excess mucus and blood clots. Name the disease and its
pathogen. Where do these pathogens live in the victim’s body? Name
the mechanical carrier that transmits this pathogen
7. Draw the structure of antibody and label its parts. Explain
the significance of H2L2. 8. Name the two special types of
lymphocytes in human. How do they differ in their roles in
immune response? 9. Write the events that take place when a
vaccine for any disea
human body. 10. Name an allergen and write the response of the
human body when exposed to it.11. How do macrophage in the human
body act as HIV factory?12. State the effect of carcinogens on
human body. Name the carcinogenic ionising and no
ionising radiations. Mention their carcinogenic effect.13.
Differentiate between benign and malignant tumours.
Prepare a project report on the effect of Cannabis on the human
body and cover the (Start with an abstract, write about
Cannabiniods and cannabinoid
receptors, biochemical mechanisms in the brain, psychoactive
effects, somatic effects, eurological effects, long- term effects
of cannabis (like acute psychosis, schizophrenia,
chronic psychosis, depressive disorder, cancer etc.), give some
case studies and conclude
Prepare a chart on common human diseases and cover the following
points (Infectious diseases type – viral, bacterial, protozoan,
fungal and helminthic, Examples of each type with symptoms,
causative agent and prevention) With the help of a diagram explain
the life cycle of plasmodium. Prepare a chart on Immunity and its
types with example of each kind.A patient showed symptoms of
sustained high fever, stomach pain and constipation, but no blood
clot in stools. Name the disease and its pathogen. Write the
diagnostic test for the disease. How does the disease get
transmitted? A patient showed symptoms of constipation, abdominal
pain and stools with excess mucus and blood clots. Name the disease
and its pathogen. Where do these pathogens live in the victim’s
body? Name the mechanical carrier that transmits this pathogenDraw
the structure of antibody and label its parts. Explain the
significance of H2L2. Name the two special types of lymphocytes in
human. How do they differ in their roles in
Write the events that take place when a vaccine for any disease
is introduced into the
Name an allergen and write the response of the human body when
exposed to it.How do macrophage in the human body act as HIV
factory? State the effect of carcinogens on human body. Name the
carcinogenic ionising and noionising radiations. Mention their
carcinogenic effect. Differentiate between benign and malignant
tumours.
Prepare a project report on the effect of Cannabis on the human
body and cover the (Start with an abstract, write about
Cannabiniods and cannabinoid
receptors, biochemical mechanisms in the brain, psychoactive
effects, somatic effects, term effects of cannabis (like acute
psychosis, schizophrenia,
chronic psychosis, depressive disorder, cancer etc.), give some
case studies and conclude
g points – viral, bacterial, protozoan, fungal and helminthic,
Examples of
its types with example of each kind. A patient showed symptoms
of sustained high fever, stomach pain and constipation, but no
blood clot in stools. Name the disease and its pathogen. Write the
diagnostic test for the
A patient showed symptoms of constipation, abdominal pain and
stools with excess mucus and blood clots. Name the disease and its
pathogen. Where do these pathogens live in the victim’s body? Name
the mechanical carrier that transmits this pathogen. Draw the
structure of antibody and label its parts. Explain the significance
of H2L2. Name the two special types of lymphocytes in human. How do
they differ in their roles in
se is introduced into the
Name an allergen and write the response of the human body when
exposed to it.
State the effect of carcinogens on human body. Name the
carcinogenic ionising and non-
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14. Why is tobacco smoking associated with rise in blood
pressure and emphysema (oxygen deficiency in the body)?
Explain.
15. A woman has tested positive for Aids. Name the pathogen that
infected her. How does the pathogen weaken her immune system?
Explain.
16. Suryakant had banana plantation in his field. Quality of the
fruit was excellent but the yield suffered due to infection of the
plants by a virus. Suggest a fast and efficient method to get
healthy and a large number of plants in the next generation without
compromising on the existing quality. Justify the selection of your
method.
17. List any three outbreeding practices carried out to breed
domestic animals. Explain the importance of each one listed.
18. Describe the technology that has successfully increased the
herd size of cattle in a short time to meet the increasing demands
of growing human population.
19. Bottled fruit juices are clearer as compared to those at
home. Explain. 20. Explain the process of plant tissue culture
technique. 21. Make a list of beneficial microbes and their uses.
22. What is an antibiotic? What do you mean by broad spectrum and
specific antibiotic?
Mention their mode of action. What do you mean by resistance
towards an antibiotic? 23. Mention the effect of microorganisms in
sewage treatment. 24. Draw a labelled sketch of a typical biogas
plant. 25. An organic farmer relies on natural predation for
controlling plant pests and diseases.
Justify giving reasons why this is considered to be a holistic
approach. 26. How are baculoviruses and Bacillus thuringiensisused
as biocontrol agents? Why are they
preferred over readily available chemical pesticides? 27. How
can pollen grains of wheat and rice which tend to lose viability
within 30 minutes of
their release be made available months later for breeding
programmes? 28. The meiocyte of an onion plant contains 32
chromosomes. Work out the number of
chromosomes found in the endosperm. 29. Mature seeds of legumes
are non-albuminous. Then, can it be considered that double
fertilisation does not occur in legumes? Explain your answer.
30. List the difference between the embryos of dicot (pea) and
monocot (grass family). 31. In our society the women are often
blamed for giving birth to daughters. Can you explain
why this is not correct? 32. Why is the middle part of the human
sperm considered as ‘power house of the sperm’? 33. ‘Not all
copulation lead to pregnancy’. Give reason. 34. During
fertilisation, hundreds of sperm cells are in the vicinity of an
egg cell, but only one
sperm enters the ovum. How is this achieved? 35. What stimulates
the pituitary to release the hormone responsible for parturition?
Name the
hormone. 36. Where and when do chorionic villi appear in human?
State their function. 37. Why is parturition called a
neuro-endocrine mechanism? Explain. 38. Describe the duct of human
male reproduction system. 39. After implantation interdigitation of
maternal and foetal tissues takes place. Identify the
tissues involved and justify their role. 40. Make a chart and
show different contraceptive methods. 41. What do you mean by
follicular atresia? 42. Differentiate between in vitro and in vivo
fertilisation. 43. How is GIFT different from ZIFT? 44. In short
explain Mendel’s observation and inferences on hybridisation of pea
plants. 45. Explain Mendel’s genetic laws.
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46. We hear some people saying that they have undergone family
planning operations. a. What technical term is given to such
operations in males and females, respectively? b. What is done in
this operation and how does it prevent pregnancy? c. How will you
convince the people of your village who have some wrong ideas
about
this, like they can’t carry out the hard work? d. Give any two
methods of creating awareness among people about this.
47. What are immunoglobulins? Mention its types and functions.
48. What is chemical oxygen demand (COD)?
BUSINESS STUDIES
1 Anything that is value to the other can be marketed. List what
all can be marketed? 2 What impact can a good design of the product
have? 3 How do customer support services as a marketing function
prove effective? 4 On the basis of emphasis, how are marketing and
selling different from each other? 5 A tube of toothpaste usually
comes in a cardboard box. Which level of packaging does
it refer to?
6 If an organization does not provide the right place for
physical and human resources in the organization, which principle
is violated ?“Demand for saree may be high in India, whereas it is
almost nil in France.” Which characteristic of business environment
is highlighted by this statement?
7 Name the principle of management which suggests orderly
arrangement of men and material.
8 Neeraj is the owner of Solutions Ltd. Pays less fixed salaries
to his sales manager but shares 20% of profits earned by the
company on sales of each sales manager. He shared the profits for
two years but once the business took off and company started
earning good profits Neeraj thought that managers were being paid
very high incentives, so decided not to share the actual cost with
his employees. This led to agitation amongst sales staff. Two
managers decided to discuss the issue with Neeraj but another
manager Rajesh decided other way. He reduced the sales volume and
stared selling products of other companies while working as an
employee of solutions Ltd.
(a) Identify and explain the principle of management Neeraj
followed in the initial stage of business
(b) Name any two values Neeraj ignored when he decided not to
share profits with its employee as greed
(c) Was action of Raman justified? Name any two values which he
neglected.
9 Mr. Ashwani Kumar is the Divisional Manager of the Export
Division of ‘Freshness Tea Company’.
For some time since past a restriction has been imposed on
export of tea. It is evident that the company’s export business
depends on the government’s policy. Recently there has been a
change of Government in the centre. As soon as the new Government
took
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over, it removed the restriction imposed on the export of tea.
With the coming of this news the division under Mr. Ashwani heaved
a sigh of relief.
(a) The change of Government is having its impact on the two
dimensions of business environment. Identify them.
(b) Identify the characteristic m of business environment which
is highlighted above.
10 A.R.Rehman is the first Indian to win Oscar award for his
composition’Jai Ho’. His composition of music is unique and
different as he has used the singing notes in a manner that is
entirely his own interpretation .Like A.R. Rehman, ‘Lohit’ General
Manager in sea Ltd., uses his knowledge of management in a unique
and all the employees working under his guidance are happy and
satisfied. He rewards the employees who come to office on time.
(a) Identify the nature of management highlighted above.
(b) State two other ways in which nature of management can be
explained.
(c) Identify the value that Lohit wants to inculcate in his
employees. Also explain how?
11 XYZ Power Ltd. Set up a factory for manufacturing solar
lanterns in a remote village as there was no reliable supply of
electricity in rural areas. The revenue earned by the company was
sufficient to cover the costs and the risks. The demand of lanterns
was increasing day by day, so the company decided to increase
production to generate higher sales. For this they decided to
employ people from the nearby villages as very few job
opportunities were available in that area. The company also decided
to open schools and crèches for the children of its employees.
(a) Identify and explain the objectives of management discussed
above. (b) State any two values which the company wanted to
communicate to the society.
12 Identify the techniques of scientific management highlighted
in the following statement:
(i) To determine standard time taken to perform a well- defined
job.
(ii) To find out best way to do a particular job. (iii) When
many specialists supervise each workers. (iv) Giving variable wages
to workers based on their performance. 13 There has been an
increase in the corporate form of business and increasing
emphasis
on managed business concern. What does it imply about the nature
of Management?Win Electronics sells its goods only through
recognized dealers. What type of plan is it?
14 Profits can be maximized by attracting and persuading the
customers to buy the product. Which concept of marketing management
is being referred to?
15 The lable of a health drink did not disclose the presence of
Soya content towards which many people are allergic. Which consumer
right is being violated?
16 State any one point of importance of Principles of
Management.
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17 Discuss any three factors that affect the determination of
the price of a product.
18 To set up and run a successful business it is not only
essential to lay down the clear cut objectives but it is also
necessary to identify the different activities to be performed and
develop relationship between the physical and human resources.
(a) Which function of Management is being referred to? (b)
Discuss the importance of the function identified in para. 19 Reema
industries is manufacturing room heaters. She applies her knowledge
of
management in running her factory. Reema, the Managing Director,
always explains to all her employees that although achieving goals
the goals in time are important but more important is that they
should be achieved at minimum cost and wastage. She also keeps her
employees motivated by telling them that the organizational goals
can be achieved only by the combined efforts of all.
(a) Identify the concept of Management being referred by Reema.
(b) State two features of management which can be inferred from the
above case. (c) State any two values implied in the Reema’s way of
doing the business. 20 ‘Life’ a brand of clothing catering to the
upper middle class consumer decided to enter
the segment of Premium Clothing. For this, it studied the demand
pattern, the taste and preferences of the prospective consumers
though a series of surveys conducted by its expert team. It also
decided to have an app named, ‘Your Look’, to provide customized
services to this group of consumers. (a) State by quoting the line,
the dimension of business environment studied by ‘Life’ ? (b)
Discuss any three points highlighting the importance of Environment
Scanning to
the firm.
21 The Indian Pharmaceutical industry has realized that the
different types of bacteria have become resistant to the existing
antibiotics. To ensure that this may not lead to major medical
issues in future, they have started working on this issue. If
things go as anticipated , then a new antibiotic for such bacteria,
based upon the Made-In-India compound would hit the market by
2023.
(a) Which function of Management is being performed in the given
situation? (b) Discuss its importance.
22 ‘It refers to the use of communication with the twin
objective of informing the potential customers about the product
and persuading them to buy the product.’ (a) Which financial
decision is being taken by the directors? (b) Discuss its different
tools.
23 Explain the following techniques given by F.W.Taylor: (a)
Differential Piece wage system (b) Standardisation and
Simplication
24 Pizza Hut keeps introducing new variety of pizzas in its
menu. Which characteristic of management is reflected in the
statement?
25 Ayush determines the overall objectives and strategies for
the organization.He also interacts with business environment to
analyse its implications. Name the managerial level at which Ayush
is working.
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26 As per the directions issued by Supreme Court, the government
passed an order to ban the sale of tobacco products within the area
of 200 meters of all educational institutions as :
(a) Its consumption is injurious to health. (b) People are
becoming more conscious about health and fitness.
It is indicating the government’s attitude towards this
business. There is a fall in government revenues.
Identify the ‘Business Environment’ under four different
dimensions quoting the lines from the above para .
27 Mr. Vijay a Manager of ABC Ltd. Believes that men are more
hardworking and can contribute extra for the organization as
compared to women so gave Rs. 15000 p.m salary to Anubhav, whereas
just 11000 p.m. to Geeta, but were working as data entry operator,
having same qualifications and same years of experience. Do you
justify the decision of Mr. Joginder? What value is lacking in the
above condition? Also explain which principle is violated.
28 Vijay Ltd. Was not performing well. After detailed analysis
it was discovered that workers of the Production Department were
not satisfied with the behavior of Mr. Vikram, the production
manager, as workers were forced to work for long hours without any
rest.Keeping this in view the management decided to replace Mr.
Vikram with Mr. Gurpreet who had recently completed his M.B.A. from
IIM Ahmedabad. Mr. Gurpreet did a detailed analysis of work which
involved heavy manual labour. He he allowed small pauses to the
workers so that they could recharge their energy for optimum
contribution. and explain the technique of scientific management
adopted by Mr. Gurpreet.
(i) He further desires to find out the best ways of doing a job.
Suggest to him the technique of scientific management.
(ii) State any two ‘values’ emphasized by allowing small pause
to workers.
29. XYZ Power Ltd. Set up a factory for manufacturing solar
lanterns in a remote village as there was no reliable supply of
electricity in rural areas. The revenue earned by the company was
sufficient to cover the costs and the risks. The demand of lanterns
was increasing day by day, so the company decided to increase
production to generate higher sales. For this they decided to
employ people from the nearby village as very few job opportunities
were available in that area. The company also decided to open
schools and crèches for the children of its employees.
(i) Identify and explain the objectives of management discussed
above. (ii) State any two values which the company wanted to
communicate to the society.
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30- Ketan, Jejus and Jivanshu are three best friends. They
established ‘Unity Ltd.’ Of the three, one was management expert,
second an engineer and third a businessman. The company was
established in a hilly area where large number of people were
unemployed .The main aim of the company was to make popular a
variety of apples that was grown using a new seed across the
country. Mr. Prem, the Managing Director of the company, took upon
himself the responsibility of doing this job. He selected those
areas where the company was to enter in the first instance. The
entire business was divided into five departments, i.e., purchase
,marketing ,finance ,human resource. People with requisites
qualification were appointed in all departments. Special
arrangements were made to keep a close watch on different
activities of the company, so that there was no shortfall in
quality. The company had entered five states. Of these, sale in
four was up to mark. But in one it was less than expected. Its
reasons were enquired into. Thus the company achieved the desired
success in the very first year.
(i) Identify the functions of management highlighted in the
above para by quoting the lines.
(ii)State any one value communication by the company to the
society.
31 Anything –Management =Nothing . Explain
32 Discuss the differences between the contributions of Taylor
and Fayol.
33 Discuss the relevance of Taylor and Fayol’s contribution in
the contemporary business environment.
34 State the role of ‘gang boss’ in functional foremanship.
35 State how the management principles are flexible.
36 State any one reason why ‘Principles of Management ‘are
important.
37 Why is it said that management principles have universal
appilicability?
38 Why is management considered a multi-faceted concept?
39 Ritu is the manager of the northern division of a large
corporate house. At what level does she work in the organization?
What are her basic functions?
40 Management is a series of interrelated functions.
Comment.
41 “A successful enterprise has to achieve its goals effectively
and effectively.” Explain.
42 Name and explain the techniques of taylor which is the
strongest motivators for a worker to reach standard
performance?
43 Distinguish between ‘Motion study’ and ‘Time study’ on the
basis of meaning and purpose.
44 Following a pre-decided plan, when circumstances have
changed,may not turn
Out to be in the organizations’s interest. Which limitation of
planning is indicated here ?
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45 Planning cannot foresee or assess future trends in the
environment and thus there may be obstacles to effective planning.
Mention the limitation of planning referred here?
46 State two steps in the process of planning.
47 ‘Planning always leads to success.’ Do you agree? Give reason
for your answer.
48 What is the next step after selecting an alternative course
of action?
49 Explain any four points regarding significance of principles
of Management.
50 If an organization does not provide the right place for
physical and human resources in an organization, which principle is
violated ?
NOTE:
1. PREPARE A SEPARATE ASSIGNMENT OF ABOVE STATED QUESTIONS ON A4
SIZE SHEET WITH SPIRAL BINDING.
2. LEARN THE WHOLE SYLLABUS COVERED IN CLASS.
3. PREPARE PROJECT ON THE TOPIC ‘MARKETING MANAGEMENT’.
4. PROJECT SHOULD HAVE ATLEAST 30 PAGES.
5. IN PROJECT, USE OF COLOURED IMAGES, DIAGRAMS and PICTOGRAPHS
IS MANADATORY.
6. PROJECT SHOULD BE AS PER CBSE NORMS.
7. IN PROJECT, USE A4 SIZE COLOURED SHEETS.
8. IN PROJECT, YOU WILL PREPARE THE FOLLOWING PAGES APART FROM
CONTENT . FRONT PAGE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, INDEX, CERTIFICATE,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACCOUNTANCY
Q.1 What is the difference between receipts and payments account
and cash book?
Q.2 What is the difference between income and Expenditure
account and profit and loss account?
Q.4 Explain the following:
Legacy,subscription,entrance fee,donation
Q.5 What do you mean by fund base accounting
Q.6 What is the difference between fund base accounting and non
fund base accountancy?
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Q.7 What is partnership ? Explain it feature.
Q.8 What is partnership deted? Explain its content.
Q.9 What is the difference between fixed capital and Fluctuating
capital ? In the absence of partnership deed what rule is applied
regarding some important treatment ?
Q.10 How interest on drawing is calculated.explaina all cases
with example.
Q.11 why profit and loss appropriation account is prepare?
Q.12. what is meant by unlimited liability of a partner?
Q.13 Explain goodwill in detail.
Q.14 Explain the factors which influence the valuation of
goodwill of a partnership firm.
Q.15 Explain different method of valuation of goodwill.
Q.16 What do you understand by reconstitution of a partnership
firam?
Q.17 Explain the revalution account.
Q.18 Do you distribute reserve at the time of reconstitution of
a firm ? Why?
Q.19 What is difference between sacrifaction ratio and ganing
ratio?
Q.20 State the rights acquired by a newly admitted partner
Q.21 Explain the different cases for accounting treatment of
goodwill.
Q.22 What is the revaluation account? Draw revaiuation account
with imaginary amount.
Q.23 What is meant by revaluation of assets and reassessment of
liabilities on the reconstitution of the firm?
Q.24 Why do we distribute reserves, accumulated profits and
losses amoung the old partners.
Q.25 Define new profit-sharing in case of admission of a new
partner.
Note: Solve all numerical Questions of :
a. Receipts and payments account
b. Fundamentals of partnership
c. Valuation of goodwill
d. Admission of a partner
• Make a project on financial statement for annual exams.
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ECONOMICS
Q.1 What is economics problem? Why does it arise ?
Q.2 What are the components of microeconomics and
macroeconomics
Q.3 What is meant by an economy ? What are its different
types?
Q.4 How is production possibility frontier affected when
resources are inefficiently employed in economy?
Q.5 “massive unemployment shifts the ppc to the left” Defend or
refute.
Q.6 How to produce is a complex problem for less developed
countries like India. Explain.
Q.7 Make in india compaign would shift the ppc to the right.
How?
Q.8 Apply the concept of ppc to explain the problem of
scarcity.
Q.9 Why is a production possibilities curve downdward ?
Q.10
Q.11 Explain the problem of ‘what to produce’.
Q.12 Discuss the central problems of an economics.
Q.13 Distinguishbetween cardinal and ordinal measurement of
utility.
Q.14 Define maeginal utility. State the law of diminishing
marginal utility?
Q.15 Distinguish between marginal utility and total utility.
Q.16 What do you mean by consumer’s equilibrium? State the
condition in case of a single commodity ?
Q.17 What is the relation between total utility and marginal
utility ?
Q.18 What do you understand by consumer’s equilibrium ? Explain
consumer’s equilibrium in case of two commodity ?
Q.19 State briefly the concept of indifference cueve.
Q.20 State the properties of indifference curve.
Q.21 Sow consumer’s equilibrium with help of indifference curve
analysis
Q.22 Define the following:
a. Budget line b. MRS c. Budget set d. indifference map e.
indifference curve
Q.23 Define demand .
Q.24 Define the following :
a. Normal good b. inferior good c. Giffengood d. substitutes
good. e. Market demand
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Q.25 Distinguish between normal good and inferior good.
Q.26 Dintinguish between change in demand and change in quantity
demanded
Q.27 Dintinguish between extension of demand and contraction of
demand.
Q.28 State the law of demand and assumption behind it.
Q.29 Explain the causes for a leftward shift of demand
curve.
Q.30 Explain the factor that shift the demand curve to the
right
Note: Do all exercise questions of Price Elasticity of
demand.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
1 Name the main four countries of NATO. 2 Write the main
countries of Axis powers. 3 When and where was the first meeting of
Non- aligned summit held? 4 Why the super- powers needed allies? 5
Mention the role of India in NAM. 6 What is Shock Therapy? 7
Mention the effects of Shock Therapy. 8 Examine the consequences of
disintegration of USSR. 9 Explain the four forms of power which
reflect the US hegemony. 10 What are the objectives of ASEAN? 11
Eaplain the new economic policy of China since 1978. 12 Describe
any four features of European Union. 13 What policy made China an
economic power. 14 Evaluate the role of European Union as a super
national organization. 15 What is the Tibet issue? 16 What is
SAARC? Explain its principles. 17 Write a short note on
‘Panchsheel’. 18 Mention the member countries of SAARC. 19 Explain
any four causes of ethnic conflict in Srilanka. 20 What is the
spirit of SAFTA? 21 What is South Asia? Mention the countries. 22
Mention the causes 0f conflict between India and Pakistan in 1971.
23 How did democracy establish in Nepal? 24 ‘India and China
emerging as great economic power.’ Explain. 25 Examine India’s
relations with China.
ACTIVITY/ PROJECT: I On the political map of WORLD, the NATO
member countries. ii On the political map of the World, Color the
part of First World, Second World and the Third World.
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HISTORY
Q.1 Which architectural features of Mohenjodaro indicate the
planning?
Q.2 Give any two features of Harappan scripts.
Q.3 Who was John Marshall?
Q.4 What are Shamans?
Q.5 Mention the objects found in Harappan Civilisaton.
Q.6 Give the features of Harappan culture.
Q.7 Who was Cunningham? Mention his view to know India.
Q.8 Explain trade relations of Harappa with West Asia.
Q.9 Give a brief description about Great Bath of
Mohenjodaro.
Q.10 List some of the problems faced by epigraphists.
Q.11 Name the sacrifices performed by the kings during the vedic
times.
Q.12 Write a story of emergence of Magadha Kingdom.
Q.13 Explain the Dhamma of Ashoka.
Q.14 Describe the rules of marriage during the period c. 600
BCE- 600 CE.
Q.15 What were Dharmasutras and Dharmashstras?
Q.16 Mention any two ideal occupations of Kshatriyas according
to Dharmashastras.
Q.17 Make a brief comment on Bhagvad gita.
Q.18 What is Mahabharata? How its critical edition was
prepared?
Q.19 Summarise the central teachings of Jainism and
Bhuddhism.
Q.20 Write a note on the life of Gautam Budhha.
ACTIVITY/PROJECT:
i Prepare a Timeline of Harappan Archaeology.
ii Prepare a list of sixteen Mahajanapadas and locate them in
map.
iii Prepare a project on ‘ Gautam Budhha and Relevancy of His
Teachings’
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